Discussion on Turning a horse out to pasture after separation
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Lee Schnappinger (Schnapp)
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 13, 2000 - 10:14 am: |   |
My mare spent November 1999 through February 2000 on stall rest due to a broken splint bone. Since February, she has been in a small paddock by herself where the barn manager could watch her but she could see the other horses. I would like to put her into pasture with other horses soon but she runs and runs every time we try to put her in a larger pasture. I'm afraid she will injure herself. Am I just being paranoid? Some people say I should let her run around until she stops. So far, I have tried 3 or 4 times and she hasn't stopped after 10 minutes even if the other horses won't play. Are there any good options?
Thanks,
Lee |
Nancy Herbert (Gemtwist)
| | Posted on Wednesday, Nov 22, 2000 - 12:54 pm: | |
I know this is pretty late (I'm way behind on my email), but in case you haven't solved your problem yet ... Have you tried lunging her before you turn her loose? In that way you can probably take the head off the steam while being able to control the pace at which you do it. I am assuming that after a year, the leg could take the stress of lunging; 15 minutes of trotting to the left and then another 15 minutes of trotting to the right should help.
Just a thought!
Nancy |
Lee Schnappinger (Schnapp)
| | Posted on Monday, Nov 27, 2000 - 2:24 pm: | |
Haven't considered longing but it's certainly worth a try. It will either make her more excited or calm her down but either way it can't hurt to try.
On a side note, she has turned into such a spoiled brat because she knows she gets to go into her stall if she starts running around in her paddock. There are a lot of weird psychological problems that have resulted from the stall rest period. It will have to be a pretty bad injury for me to ever do that to another horse again.
Thanks for the suggestion,
Lee |
